Adobe's Design Achievement Awards have been announced, honouring students from around the world. Finalists included two students from London's Royal College of Art - Adam Simpson was included in the Digital Illustration category, and Michael Murdoch featured in the Live Action category.

Finalists received a trip to Toronto to participate in the event and to attend a series of studio tours, while category winners bagged $5,000 and a stash of Adobe products. Students are also offered internships and opportunities to showcase their work at events such as Sundance and the ZeroOne Festival.

More than 1,800 students from 24 countries competed in the annual competition. "Honouring the top students in the creative arts is part of Adobe's ongoing commitment to design and film education, and to the creative professional market," said Melissa Dyrdahl, Adobe's senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications.

The full list of winners and finalists iss:

Animation
Winner: Keng-Ming Liu, School of Visual Arts New York
Finalists: Stephen Neary, New York University; Sunha Yoon, California Institute of the Arts in Valencia

Environmental Graphics and Packaging
Winner: Amy Wang, School of Visual Arts New York
Finalists: Mona Bagla, Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla; Forest Young and Rebecca Gimenez, Yale University in New Haven, Conn